Interactive Web Layouts and eBooks
with QuarkXPress 8 & 9

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Next scheduled courses: Thursday 7th and Friday 8th June 2012

Location: Guildford

Duration: Two days

Price: £399+vat, (£478.80 incl vat) including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail support.

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Publishing to the internet opens up a whole new world of possibilities in terms of what can be done with documents to make them more appealing to an audience. Now in QuarkXPress you can add video, animation, sound, and a host of other interactive features to really grab attention and drive your message home – without writing a single line of code!

What will I be able to achieve by the end of this QuarkXPress course?

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QuarkXPress is Desktop Publishing software, that can be used for creating typeset quality documents suitable for output to print or web-based media. Web Layouts can include interactive elements such as audio, video, animation and other features that can enhance the reading experience of electronic documents.. The current version, as of May 2011, is QuarkXPress version 9.

This 2-day QuarkXPress training course is designed for new users who wish to learn QuarkXPress and who have little or no previous experience of QuarkXPress or desktop publishing. Starting from first principles, delegates will be led through the procedures for creating new documents and modifying existing ones, and will consolidate their knowledge by means of a series of carefully constructed exercises at each stage. Click here to view examples of the type of print layouts you will create during the course, or here to see examples of Interactive layouts created in QuarkXPress

At the end of the course, delegates should feel confident and enthusiastic about using QuarkXPress and will learn how to create a range of simple but well laid-out documents including short, design-intensive publications such as flyers, leaflets and newsletters.

You will also learn how to create web Layouts that include basic interactive features such as audio, video and simple animations.

The content of Day 1 of this course is identical to Day 1 of the QuarkXPress Introductory Course. For those who have already attended the Introductory course, or who are otherwise already familiar with the content of it, and who wish to learn about the Interactive Web Layout and eBook publishing features in QuarkXPress 8 and 9, it is possible to attend just Day 2 of this course. The cost of attending Day 2 only is £250+vat, inclusive of course reference notes, unlimited email support following the training on topics covered in the course, and lunch and refreshments during the course.

The content of this QuarkXPress training course can also be tailored to your own requirements, and run on your own premises. Contact us for more details.

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During this QuarkXPress training course you will learn about:

The Traditional Publishing Process

The Desktop Publishing Process using QuarkXPress

The QuarkXPress Toolbox

The Measurements Palette

Setting QuarkXPress Application and Layout Preferences

The Pasteboard

Keyboard shortcuts

What is a QuarkXPress Project?

Working in Single Layout Mode

QuarkXPress Print Layout Setup

Setting up the Master Page

Automatic Page Numbering for Print Layouts

Saving your Work

Retrieving (Opening) Projects

Adding Running Headers and Footers to a Print Layout

Importing Pictures and adding other Graphic Elements

Working with Picture Boxes

Modifying Picture Boxes

Understanding the Difference between Bitmap and Vector Graphics

Maintaining Image Quality – Avoiding the "Jaggies"

Using Rectangular, Elliptical and Polygonal Boxes

Cropping, Sizing & Scaling Images

Fitting Pictures to Boxes

Wrapping Text Around Boxes & Graphics

Moving & Transforming Boxes & Graphics

Drawing Lines & Boxes

Reshaping Boxes

Framing Boxes (adding borders)

Applying, Editing and Creating Colours

Using Pantone and Other Spot Colour Matching Standards for Print Layouts

Using RGB and Web Safe Colours for Web Layouts

Converting Spot Colours to Process CMYK Colours

Working with the Colours Palette

Formatting & Editing Text

Adding Type to a Page with the Type Tool

Importing Text from other applications into a QuarkXPress Layout

Modifying Text Box Attributes

Formatting Text

Spell Checking, Search & Replace

Linking and Unlinking Text Boxes

Setting tabs

Drop Caps and Bullets

Using the Story Editor

Printing & Typesetting Terminology Explained

Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively

Understanding Leading, Kerning, Tracking etc.

Typesetting for maximum readability

Working with Tables

Inserting a Table in a QuarkXPress Layout

Adding Text to a Table

Adding Pictures to a Table

Formatting Text in Tables

Merging & Splitting Table Cells

Inserting/Deleting Rows & Columns

Setting the Grid & Border Properties

Creating Web Layouts

QuarkXPress Web Layout Setup

Adding Page Navigation to a Web Layout

Adding Static Text and Graphic Content to a Web Layout

The Page Layout Palette

Exporting a Web Layout as HTML Pages

Adding <title> <description> <keywords> and other Metatags to a Web Layout

All About Bezier Curves

Using Shapemaker

What is a Bézier Path?

Creating Curved Lines and Boxes

Controlling the Shape of Curves

Corner, Smooth and Symmetrical Points

Straight and Curved Segments

Changing the Shapes of Curves

Creating Interactive Layouts

Interactive Layout Setup

The Interactive Palette

Making Objects Interactive

Assigning Actions to User Events

Creating a Simple Flash Animation

Adding Scroll Bars to Text Boxes

Adding Video Content to a Layout

Creating Scripts

Assigning Scripts to User Events

Other Interactive Features Explained

Sharing Content Between Layouts in a QuarkXPress Project

Placing an Interactive Layout on a Web Layout

Previewing Layouts

eBook Publishing (QuarkXPress 9 only)

Understanding the Reflow View

Creating Reflow Articles

Adding Content to a Reflow Article

Re-Ordering Components in a Reflow Article

Editing Content in a Reflow Article

Exporting as ePub

Exporting to the Blio Rich Content Format

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